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Poly'stratus

2. An epigrammatic poet, who had a place in the Garland of Meleager.

Works

Epigrams

There are two of his epigrams in the Greek Anthology, one of which is on the destruction of Corinth, which took place in B. C. 146. He must therefore have lived some time within the seventy or eighty years preceding the time of Meleager, and probably soon after the taking of Corinth.

Polystratus of Letopolis probably not the same

A certain Polystratus, of Letopolis in Egypt, is mentioned by Stephanus Byzantinus (s. v. Λητοῦς πόλις), but there is nothing to indicate whether he was the same person as the epigrammatist.

Further Information

Brunck, Anal. vol. ii. p. 1 ; Jacobs, Antk. Graec. vol. ii. p. 1, vol. xiii. p. 941.

[P.S]

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.
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